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A DC-3-194B (registration PH-ALP, named Pluvier) struck Mount Baldy, Arizona on its delivery flight to KLM, killing all eight on board. [3] October 6 A KLM DC-3-194B (registration PH-ALS, named Specht) crashed after takeoff from Betoetoe Aerodrome in the Dutch East Indies, killing four of the twelve occupants. [4] October 17 A DC-3A-197 ...
This is a list of pages listing accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3 [a], including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2. Military accidents are included; and hijackings and incidents of terrorism are covered, although acts of war are outside the scope of this list.
The accident was the 2nd worst involving the DC-3 at the time, and is the 3rd worst as of 2010. [54] May 4, 1971: Douglas C-47 TAM-22 None Crashed shortly after take-off from El Alto Airport, La Paz on a cargo flight to El Jovi Airport. [55] June 3, 1971: Douglas DC-3 PH-MOA None Crashed on landing at Southend Airport.
^Note A Military versions of the DC-3 were known as C-47 Skytrain, C-48, C-49, C-50, C-51, C-52, C-53 Skytrooper, C-68, C-84, C-117 Super Dakota and YC-129 by the United States Army Air Forces and as the R4D by the United States Navy. In Royal Air Force (and other British Commonwealth air forces') service, these aircraft were known as Dakotas.
3 October Douglas DC-3 ECT-025, a former Ejército del Aire aircraft, disappeared on a flight from Cuatro Vientos Airport in the Spanish capital Madrid to Perpignan - Rivesaltes Airport in France. The aircraft had been purchased by Kirfiss Aviation and was on the first stage of a ferry flight to Germany where it was destined for a museum. The ...
[2] [3] The crash was attributed to insufficient airspeed at takeoff, and the National Transportation Safety Board noted that the pilot was not properly qualified to fly a DC-3. [4] April 22: An AVISPA C-47A (HK-524) struck Pico Bonito in the Serrania del Baudo mountain range for reasons unknown, killing all 40 on board.
In the United Kingdom, a DC-3 (converted from a C-47) of Southern Rhodesian (now Zimbabwe) airline Spencer Airways, registration VP-YFD, crashed on takeoff from Croydon Airport in London due to pilot error, killing 12 of 23 on board. The aircraft struck a parked ČSA DC-3 registered OK-WDB, which caught fire and was written off. [5] [6] January 26
This is a list of accidents and incidents involving Douglas DC-3 variants that have taken place in the year 1954, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2. Military accidents are included; and hijackings and incidents of terrorism are covered, although acts of war are outside the scope of ...